Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Vinícius Júnior’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed forwards, Vinícius Júnior was 0.12 goals over at home and 0.03 goals under away in 2026-27, 6 games against 5. The plain averages are 0.17 and 0.00, a difference of 0.17.

goals a game over expected

A +0.14 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +0.17 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Vinícius Júnior’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 22, 2026@EspanyolW00.03
Aug 26, 2026vsReal SociedadW10.04
Aug 30, 2026vsMálagaW00.05
Sep 4, 2026@Real BetisL00.03
Sep 8, 2026vsInternazionaleW00.04
Sep 12, 2026vsRayo VallecanoW00.07
Sep 15, 2026@ElcheW00.04
Sep 20, 2026@Atlético MadridL00.02
Oct 10, 2026vsVillarrealW00.04
Oct 14, 2026@AS RomaW00.01
Oct 21, 2026vsRB LeipzigW00.05

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed forwards in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.09 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for forwards that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s forwards’ goals in his games, 6%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 83% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut into stretches, one a 10 games, where the dates leave the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.